David Millward writes in the Daily Telegraph: People selling scrap metal will have to show proof of identity under a pilot scheme which comes into force next week. An estimated 240 dealers in north east England have signed up to the project which could be rolled out to the rest of the country as the [...]
The BBC reports: Attempts are being made to prosecute about 400 people in England and Wales for failing to return their 2011 census forms, the BBC has learned. … By comparison, there were only 43 successful prosecutions in the whole of the UK at the last census 10 years ago. They report comments from one [...]
Mark Say writes in The Guardian: The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has cancelled its tender for identity assurance services, claiming it had not followed the relevant procedures for the procurement. Earlier this month it published a tender notice with the aim of supporting its major programmes, including the provision of universal credit and [...]
Miles Brignall writes in the Guardian about local authorities’ use of database matching to catch those wrongly claiming single-person Council Tax discount – and how the innocent can also be affected: When Sarah Dodds received a letter from Bristol city council demanding £3,000 in unpaid council tax, she assumed there had been a mistake. However, [...]
Antony Savvas writes in CIO magazine: The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is planning to issue a framework contract worth around £200 million for the supply of identity assurance services for 21 million benefits claimants. The government’s new identity assurance (IDA) systems will support its planned Universal Credit system. The framework deal which is [...]
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